NHS
Dispensary Team Leader
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Job Description
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- high-quality care for all,
- being a great place to work,
- partnerships for impact, and
- research and education excellence
- we are compassionate,
- we are proud,
- we are inclusive, and
- we are one team
- To manage and co-ordinate all staff grades working in the designated area(s) including dispensaries and satellites matching staff numbers with workflow.
- To lead regular team meetings with the designated team members to encourage contributions from the team to review and develop the service.
- To produce team task rotas each week, defining daily activity requirements of staff ensuring technical pharmacy services are delivered. Regularly review rotas, making appropriate changes as necessary to maintain smooth workflow through the department or specialised area of service.
- To support the education and training team by participating in assessments as a QCF assessor & support in delivering training sessions to other staff including Pre registration technicians and pharmacy assistants.
- To maintain a clean and tidy dispensary ensuring that all items and documentation are stored appropriately in designated places, workbenches/areas and walkways are kept clear and equipment is cleaned as per schedule to achieve professional, Health and Safety requirements and support safe and effective dispensing practice. To conduct risk assessments for the department with the departmental Health and Safety representative.
- To manage and co-ordinate all staff grades working in the designated area(s) including dispensaries and satellites matching staff numbers with workflow.
- To lead regular team meetings with the designated team members to encourage contributions from the team to review and develop the service.
- To produce team task rotas each week, defining daily activity requirements of staff ensuring technical pharmacy services are delivered. Regularly review rotas, making appropriate changes as necessary to maintain smooth workflow through the department or specialised area of service.
- To support the education and training team by participating in assessments as a QCF assessor & support in delivering training sessions to other staff including Pre registration technicians and pharmacy assistants.
- To maintain a clean and tidy dispensary ensuring that all items and documentation are stored appropriately in designated places, workbenches/areas and walkways are kept clear and equipment is cleaned as per schedule to achieve professional, Health and Safety requirements and support safe and effective dispensing practice. To conduct risk assessments for the department with the departmental Health and Safety representative.
- BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Tech
- Accuracy checker
- Registered on the GPhC Pharmacy Technician Register
- Significant post qualification experience
- Hospital experience
- Supervisory/ Leadership experience
- Management qualification
- BTEC / NVQ Level 3 Tech
- Accuracy checker
- Registered on the GPhC Pharmacy Technician Register
- Significant post qualification experience
- Hospital experience
- Supervisory/ Leadership experience
- Management qualification
Job summary
Band:5
Reports to: Principal Pharmacy Technician- Operations
Accountable to: Chief Pharmacist
Base: Main base site- Glenfield hospital
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced, enthusiastic and forward-thinking registered Pharmacy Technician to join our pharmacy team and lead our dispensary service at the Leicester Royal Infirmary site.
Our pharmacy department is currently undergoing a review of its staffing structure, which includes an expansion and redesign of the team.We are focused on creating more efficientand fulfilling ways of working to improve performance and outcomes.
This includes recruiting a cross-site band 6 Lead Pharmacy Technician- Dispensaries which will support the team leader to manage and improve the pharmacy service and reviewing and implementing revised ways of working to bring efficiencies.
If you would like to be part of this exciting period of change, we would love to hear from you!
We offer development and progression opportunities for our Pharmacy Technicians. We have made significant changes to expand our technical workforce, which includes increasing our numbers of our more senior roles (band 6 and above). This team leader role will provide exposure to a diverse range of responsibilities and tasks, offering a great development opportunity, to support with career progression.
Main duties of the job
Your duties will include preparing and implementing the dispensary rota, reviewing annual leave requests, coordinating and prioritising the dispensary workload and staffing to ensure service delivery and turnaround times are maintained.
You will be required to demonstrate well developed organisational and time management skills, be able to influence others, whilst managing and prioritising your own workload.
The successful candidate will lead by example, continually monitor and suggest improvements to systems and procedures, promote quality and good practice and maximise the performance of the pharmacy dispensary team.
With a number of changes going on across the department, such as the introduction of automated unit dose dispensing (Optimed), this is an exciting time to join the UHL pharmacy team.
To be successful in this role you will need to be a registered Pharmacy Technician and have excellent interpersonal skills, with a strong motivation for the role and commitment to delivering high quality pharmaceutical care.
Please contact us for an informal chat or to visit the team and department. We look forward to hearing from you.
About us
Our new strategy, developed with the support and feedback of colleagues, patients, and partners, is our compass for the next seven years (2023-2030).
We have four primary goals:
And we will embed health equality in all we do - taking active steps to reduce the avoidable differences in healthcare that some people face, working in partnership with communities.
Our strategy is underpinned by new values and we will work to ensure they are an everyday reality for all:
This is an exciting moment as we look to the future with clarity on what we already do well and where we need to focus our energies to make an even bigger difference for the people we serve.
About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust:
http://www.leicestershospitals.nhs.uk/aboutus/work-for-us/current-vacancies/
Date posted
09 April 2025
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 5
Salary
£29,970 to £36,483 a year P/A
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
358-7046799-CSI
Job locations
Glenfield Hospital
Groby Rd
Leicester
LE3 9QP
Job descriptionJob description
Job responsibilities
You may be required to work in other designated locations of the Trust as well as your primary base. In particular, flexibility is required across the three main hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital). If your initial location is one of these sites excess travel reimbursement would not apply for a permanent or temporary change of base.
Job responsibilities
You may be required to work in other designated locations of the Trust as well as your primary base. In particular, flexibility is required across the three main hospital sites (Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester General Hospital and Glenfield Hospital). If your initial location is one of these sites excess travel reimbursement would not apply for a permanent or temporary change of base.
Person SpecificationPerson Specification
Qualification
Essential
Registration
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Qualification
Essential
Registration
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Additional informationDisclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Address
Glenfield Hospital
Groby Rd
Leicester
LE3 9QP
Employer's website
https://www.jobsatleicestershospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
Employer details
Employer name
University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Address
Glenfield Hospital
Groby Rd
Leicester
LE3 9QP
Employer's website
https://www.jobsatleicestershospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
About the company
National Health Service (NHS) is the umbrella term for the publicly-funded healthcare systems of the United Kingdom (UK). The founding principles were that services should be comprehensive, universal and free at the point of delivery—a health service based on clinical need, not ability to pay. Each service provides a comprehensive range of health services, free at the point of use for people ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom apart from dental treatment and optical care.